Building your first PC? Ensuring that it’s properly powered is one of the most crucial tasks you need to pull off. 850W power supplies are pretty common, it tends to be on the larger side, and it’s good for many builds. Having an overkill power supply actually isn’t a bad thing, well except for the … Read more
When it comes to pure gaming processors, the I5 line up of CPUs are the first thing to come to mind, this is because they have an amazing price to performance ratio in terms of gaming performance. While they aren’t multicore beasts like the I9s, they can often hold up quite well in gaming situations, … Read more
Right now, Intel is making a comeback with their LGA 1700 socket, it features strong processors in their respective right. You can find top-tier processors for workstations, gaming, and even some budget options if you’re not trying to break the bank. I know exactly how it feels when you have all these options for CPUs, … Read more
LGA 1151 is an old but gold socket, it houses Intel 8th and 9th generation processors, and they’re still heavily used even to this day. You can find a variety of processors that the LGA 1151 socket supports, you can find processors for gamers, workstations, and even some light computing. So, there’s a lot of … Read more
1600W power supplies are one of the largest power supply units you can fit in a PC, and they are for this reason, they’re mostly used with setups that require huge amounts of power, usually but not limited to multi GPU setups. However, with graphics cards, and processors becoming more and more power hungry, picking … Read more
Huge power supplies like 1200W power supplies are going to become commonplace, and I have no doubt about this. Graphics cards and CPUs are on a trend where their power consumption are only getting higher, so to compensate, you’re going to need a hefty power supply. I wouldn’t feel comfortable putting a 650W PSU in … Read more
1000W power supplies are going to become more common, there’s no doubt about that, and it’s evident as power hungry graphics cards like the RTX 4090 are getting released. With the release of NVIDIA RTX 40 series graphics cards, the average power requirement for computers is increasing significantly. So it’s important that you pick up … Read more
Getting the right power supply for your PC’s needs isn’t an easy task, especially with newer components coming out with heavier power requirements. With the release of the RTX 40 series cards, they consume even more power than their predecessor, so it’s absolutely imperative that you make sure you supply enough power to these graphics … Read more
When gaming, the best experiences are always when they’re immersive, and consistent. Stuttering will usually interrupt this, and ruin the gaming experience. Stuttering is also a major issue for competitive games, if your FPS keeps dropping whilst playing a game like CSGO, it increases the chances of losing a match. Well, the CPU can actually … Read more
FPS drops can be extremely annoying when gaming, and in FPS games, they can be extremely destructive. The reason for FPS drops can be hardware related, and it’s usually the symptom of a bottleneck which means your system is unbalanced in some way. The truth is, the RAM is one of the main suspects for … Read more